Say You Need to Dine with a non-GMO, organic, healthy obsessed "guy" who eats meat...

My 22 (or as young people say, ALMOST 23) year old son is INTENSE about (well, everything) including eating foods that are strictly NON GMO, organic -- ya know, no carcinogens, no chemicals, no preservatives -- Geez, healthy! (What a concept!!) BUT he does eat meat and, frankly, is a bit of a food snob! Who raised that boy anyway?? :)

We are going to lunch on a Monday and and me half of we live in Burbank.

Can any of you TRES knowledgeable Chowhounds recommend a good place for lunch nearby? I'll be driving (since he tailgates and I nearly have a heart attack as his passenger) so I prefer NOT to go downtown or to West LA. The valley, Glendale, Pasadena and surrounding areas are fine!

I know you're right about chemicals, Baco, but he doesn't know how much he doesn't know yet. He is at that age when he knows everything. So I like to think he'll figure that out one of these days! Youth is indeed wasted on the young!

Another option for you, in Studio City, is Girasol. I imagine the plating, and general aesthetic would make him feel quite comfortable as well.

(Btw, the non-GMO thing is really complete rubbish. I've written several reports on it. The non-GMO position is basically 100% overblown, unscientific rhetoric. But eating high-quality ingredients is not in and of itself a bad thing. The no preservatives thing is actually fairly legitimate. I don't know how that is looped in with the non-GMO stuff.)

Here is just a beginners list of scientifically valid resources you can check out:

American Medical Association. (2012). REPORT 2 OF THE COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (A-12) Labeling of Bioengineered Foods (Resolutions 508 and 509-A-11). Morisey, Lee R. 1-16.<http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc...>

European Commission for Assessing the Safety of GMO’s. “Scientific and technical contribution to the development of an overall health strategy in the area of GMOs.” 2009. 1-17. Web.<http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads...>

Hey folks, we removed a bunch of replies here that were getting really far off-topic, including talking about whether posters should or shouldn't have kids and getting into whether the anti-GMO crowd is or isn't nuts. One is off-topic for Chowhound, and the other a much bigger issue than the LA board is meant to cover.

We don't want to remove the list of resources, but if people want to continue the "is GMO good or bad or neutral" discussion, we'd ask that you please start a new thread (or pick one of the many existing threads) on General Topics or Food Media and News to have that discussion rather than continuing it here. Thanks!

Since the Arts District has been suggested and if you are willing to venture downtown (you could always take the subway (Red Line metro) and get off at Pershing Square), Belcampo Meat Co will be opening at Grand Central Market next week: http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish...

Apparently, there will be various meat-featuring sandwiches and stews at lunchtime...